Metallica's James Hetfield's Acting Debut At Sundance

posted by Mike Bell -
Jan 9, 2019

James Hetfield's acting debut will have its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

TheMetallica guitarist has a small role inExtremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile, which follows the relationship between serial killer Ted Bundy, played byZac Efron, and his longtime girlfriend, played by Lily Collins, who at the time had no knowledge of the crimes. (Lily Collins is the daughter ofPhil Collins.)

Hetfield plays Bob Hayward, a Utah highway patrol veteran who was the first law enforcement officer to arrest Bundy in 1975. The film was directed byJoe Berlinger, who also co-directed the Metallica: Some Kind of Monsterdocumentary. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vilewill premiere on January 26th and be shown at four other times during Sundance.